References in documents which are not statutory instruments to amounts in old currency to be construed as references to equivalent amounts in new currency
5 References in documents which are not statutory instruments to amounts in old currency to be construed as references to equivalent amounts in new currency
Where in any document (including any register, instrument or record), not being a statutory instrument or an award order industrial agreement or determination made pursuant to the Industrial Code 1920 or an order made under the Prices Act 1948 which is made by or under the authority of or for the purposes of a law of the State there appears a reference to an amount of money (including a reference to a percentage or other proportion) expressed in the old currency the provisions of section 4 of this Act shall, with such modifications as may be necessary, extend and apply thereto in the same manner as to a reference in a statutory instrument.
Custodian of such document may alter reference for administrative purposes
The person in whose custody any such document is kept may, where he deems it necessary or expedient so to do for administrative purposes, substitute for any such reference the appropriate reference in the new currency.
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